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SNY’s Eamon McAnaney and SNY Mets play-by-play broadcaster Gary Cohen discuss the Mets signing Juan Soto and what it means for the future of the Mets franchise.
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we now want to bring in the voice of the New York Mets sny’s own Gary Cohen and uh Gary I’m going to start right where we left off with Jim duet because no one knows the history of this franchise better than you how do you put in perspective the New York Mets signing a free agent away from the New York Yankees put a future Hall of Famer coming to Queens well it is certainly the the biggest and most important transaction the Mets have ever made I mean the only one that even um is in the same ballpark was the trade for Mike Piaza in 1998 um the Mets have never di this deeply into the free agent market in terms of you know the caliber of player and youth the thing that would come closest to that would have been signing Carlos beltron but beltron wasn’t 26 years old when when the Met signed him Juan Soto just turned 26 he is arguably the best hitter in baseball um if not he’s in the top three and did I mention he’s just turning 26 he’s got seven years under his belt he is a marvelous marvelous offensive player and completely changes the conversation around the Mets uh coming off a National League Championship Series appearance um they are automatically um the favorites in the National League East regardless of what they do the rest of the the off season uh you led me to my next question cuz obviously you know the numbers as well as anyone but the 36.4 career War he’s one of only nine players to hit at least 200 home runs through age 25 and I guess you already just said it but how would you describe the impact now on the field uh this signing will have for this team well it obviously creates an enormous length in the lineup I mean Juan sto is a force of nature he’s a 400 on base percentage guy he’s a 500 plus slugging guy he presents a threat every time he cut to the plate and um you know obviously depending on whether the Mets get Peter Lonzo back but if you’re looking at the middle of the batting order that features at least wotto Francisco Lindor and Mark Vientos that is uh that’s a formidable grouping in say the two three and four spots in the batting order so um it is um it’s a Monumental day for the Mets you know the fact that they they took the player from the Yankees and they ended up out bidding the Yankees in the end to me that that’s an important footnote but it’s not the the story the story is that the Mets got perhaps the best hitter in baseball for at least the next five and perhaps the next 15 years if he plays out the entire contract that in and of itself is an enormous piece and I you know going back to to when Steve Cohen bought the team this is what you envision um you know people all through the off season so far every day have have asked me about Juan sto and the thing that I always say to them is well our guy has the most money well it turns out that the guy with the most money got the biggest prize and and that’s the payoff of having Steve Cohen as your owner his willingness to do whatever it takes to get the Mets a World Series championship and this is an enormous step in that direction the guy with the biggest money gets the biggest prize it usually does work that way and uh Gary you’re around this team every day and even into the outside world in the fan you could see the chemistry was a huge part to last year’s successful season so you know what that Clubhouse is like and how important that chemistry was you know Juan stto from covering him when he was with the Nationals and the Padres how does he blend in you think with the uh chemistry of this club well first of all the Mets chemistry in 2024 was unparalleled I mean I’ve been around this team every day for 37 years and there there’s no there’s no clubhouse that I’ve been around that compares to the one the Mets had this year so that having been said it’s going to be different in 2025 and the Mets have had a ton of free agents they’ve already lost an important one in in Luis srino and it’s going to be different um but last year Francisco Lindor and to a lesser extent Brandon nmo took over that Clubhouse they are now the acknowledged leaders on this team and I think that Juan SoDo knowing him and how bad L he wants to win understands just how important Francisco Lindor is and I think that’s going to be a fantastic partnership going forward a few moments ago you mentioned Pete Alonzo obviously uncertainty about his met future how do you think the signing of Wan stto impacts Pete Alonzo’s free agency I don’t think it affects it all that much the Mets have made it quite clear that even if they signed stto they still are going to be front and center for Pete Alonzo and and honestly I don’t know how robust the market is going to be for Pete so I think there is every chance that Pete comes back to the Mets and that would be obviously an incredible um piece to uh to put behind uh the guys we just mentioned in the Mets batting order it would be um it would really create a a a tremendous length in that lineup that that the Mets have sometimes lack they had it for times last year but but not as consistent ly as they would in in that kind of lineup I know I’m making this very simplistic and it doesn’t work this way and you don’t get to be a general manager of a Major League baseball club without being able to multitask but if you were David Sterns what’s next on your priority list is it manah or is it Alonzo or or what do you think it is yes yes yes and yes right go all in yeah I yeah I I mean I’m assuming that sha maniah is their number one pitching Target I don’t know that to be a fact um you know Andy can certainly speak better to that in terms of the imaginations of the market but clearly the Mets even with the signings of Montas and Holmes still need um at least one if not two Frontline starting pitchers to solidify their rotation and they need to resolve the Alonzo situation one way or another if if not Alonzo do they go after a Christian Walker do they move Vientos to First do they go after a third baseman do they trust in the in Mauricio or batty to be that guy going forward you know those are all the questions that they have to ask and you know it’s still awfully early in the off season but with the biggest domino having fallen I think you’re probably going to see a lot of signings in the coming days you know when we started our coverage of this breaking news Andy Martino pointed out that just about 24 hours ago the Mets were still a punchline on Saturday Night Live regarding this uh you grew up a Met fan you know the psyche of a Met fan what does this news do for that Met fan that’s uh you know lives and dies with this team well I mean the Mets fans got a taste of success this year um the last four months of the season they were the best team in baseball they they got into the National League Championship Series despite a very thin pitching staff um you know Med fans have every reason to feel good about themselves before the stto sighning but this this ratchets everything up into into hyperdrive and I’m sure Met fans will be awfully encouraged um looking forward to 2025 yeah $765 million certainly is hyperdrive Gary Cohen the voice of the Mets thank you very much for joining for our joining us with our coverage here of Juan stto to the Mets appreciate your time Gary thanks Aon
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